Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Monday, November 21, 2011

Biscuits, rafters and Thanksgiving

Tim and James are back at it today setting rafters. These rafters are 20' & 24' long and a bear to move around but they make it look easy.

Lots of heavy lifting for the today and tomorrow.
You're looking at the garage side of the cabin on the photo above where 4 rafters are in place. The small box shape mid way along the upper wall will morph into a dormer once the rafters are completed.

The photo to the left is from the opposite side. This is the part of the roof that will have skylights to help bring in light from above into the living room.






I stopped by the local Hardee's for a biscuit this morning and happened upon this scene. What are the chances that two women would be wearing the same pants and be at the same place at the same time? Somebody needs to take my iPhone away from me before I hurt myself.

Happy Thanksgiving. I'm heading home tomorrow to be with my family and I can't wait!

More coming,

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